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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2015
Filed:
May. 16, 2013
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventor:
Stanley W. Stawski, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 70/44 (2006.01); B32B 37/10 (2006.01); B29C 65/50 (2006.01); B29C 65/00 (2006.01); B29C 70/86 (2006.01); B29C 65/02 (2006.01); B29L 31/30 (2006.01); B29C 65/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 37/1009 (2013.01); B29C 65/02 (2013.01); B29C 65/5014 (2013.01); B29C 65/5042 (2013.01); B29C 66/00145 (2013.01); B29C 66/112 (2013.01); B29C 66/1122 (2013.01); B29C 66/131 (2013.01); B29C 66/474 (2013.01); B29C 66/494 (2013.01); B29C 66/524 (2013.01); B29C 66/532 (2013.01); B29C 66/54 (2013.01); B29C 66/634 (2013.01); B29C 66/721 (2013.01); B29C 66/7375 (2013.01); B29C 66/81455 (2013.01); B29C 70/446 (2013.01); B29C 70/86 (2013.01); B29C 65/4835 (2013.01); B29C 66/71 (2013.01); B29C 66/7212 (2013.01); B29C 66/72321 (2013.01); B29C 66/7394 (2013.01); B29C 66/73752 (2013.01); B29C 66/73754 (2013.01); B29C 66/73941 (2013.01); B29L 2031/3055 (2013.01); B29L 2031/3067 (2013.01); B29L 2031/3082 (2013.01); B29L 2031/3085 (2013.01); B29L 2031/3088 (2013.01); B29L 2031/3097 (2013.01); Y02T 50/433 (2013.01); Y10T 403/47 (2015.01);
Abstract
In one embodiment a method to form a composite part comprises joining a first structural element and a second element to form a fillet at an intersection of the first structural element and the second element, positioning an inflatable radius filler in the fillet, positioning the composite part in a vacuum chamber, venting the inflatable radius filler to an environment external to vacuum chamber, drawing a vacuum in the vacuum chamber, and curing the composite part. Other embodiments may be described.